CWA 2010: Syrah

(42 entries, 33 medals)

There was palpable excitement as the judges went through the preliminary rounds with predictions of a gold medal landslide. Indeed, six golds is the highest number of gold medals ever awarded in any category in 10 years of competition. Notably, See Ya Later Ranch Rover has repeated as a gold medallist with back-to-back vintages. “Boy, have these wines ever reached a world-class level, much more quickly than other varietals,” Sid Cross said. “They are a nice combination of northern and southern Rhône styles and less Australian, with ripe yet cool syrah fruit coming through.” B.C. owned the category, a reflection on the poor syrah vintage in Ontario in 2008.

Gold 

Jackson-Triggs Okanagan 2007 SunRock Vineyard Shiraz, Oliver, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia     $35

See YA Later Ranch 2008 Rover, Oliver, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia    $25

Desert Hills 2006 Select Syrah, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia     $35

Cassini Cellars 2008 Syrah, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia     $34

Oliver Twist 2008 Syrah, Oliver, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia     $28

Mission Hill 2007 Select Lot Collection Syrah, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia     $37

Silver

Burrowing Owl 2007 Syrah, Oliver, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia     $35

Ruby Tuesday 2008 Shiraz, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia     $30

Jackson-Triggs Okanagan 2006 Grand Reserve Shiraz, Oliver, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia     $26

Flat Rock Cellars 2007 Rogue, Twenty Mile Bench, Niagara Peninsula, Ontario     $45

Sandhill 2008 Phantom Creek Vineyard Small Lots Syrah, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia     $40

Mission Hill 2008 Reserve Shiraz, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia     $22

Nk’Mip Cellars 2007 Qwam Qwmt Syrah, Oliver, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia     $35

Nk’Mip Cellars 2008 Qwam Qwmt Syrah, Oliver, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia     $35

Twisted Tree 2008 Syrah, Osoyoos, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia     $25

Stag’s Hollow Winery 2008 Syrah, Osoyoos, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia     $28

Red Rooster Winery 2008 Syrah, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia     $30

Peller Estates Okanagan 2008 Private Reserve Syrah, British Columbia    $20

Laughing Stock 2008 Syrah, Osoyoos, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia     $34

Bronze

Muscedere Vineyards 2008 Syrah, Lake Erie North Shore, Ontario     $40

Kacaba Vineyards 2008 Syrah, Niagara Escarpment, Niagara Peninsula, Ontario     $23

Creekside Estate 2007 Queenston Road Vineyard Reserve Shiraz, St. David’s Bench, Niagara Peninsula, Ontario     $37

CedarCreek 2008 Syrah, Osoyoos, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia     $25

CedarCreek 2008 Platinum Reserve Syrah, Osoyoos, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia     $40

Creekside Estate 2007 Broken Press Shiraz, St. David’s Bench, Niagara Peninsula, Ontario     $40

Painted Rock 2007 Syrah, Skaha Bench, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia     $40

Hillside Estate 2008 Syrah, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia     $26

Jackson-Triggs Okanagan 2007 Proprietors’ Reserve Shiraz, Oliver, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia     $20

Aces Winery 2007 Pocket Aces Syrah, Osoyoos, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia     $95

Pentâge 2008 Syrah, Skaha Bench, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia     $25

Sandhill 2008 Sandhill Estate Vineyard Syrah, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia     $22

CedarCreek 2007 Platinum Syrah, Osoyoos, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia     $40

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